Senior Backend Engineer

The role

You will write elegant, performant, and well-tested code to improve commerce and fintech products. You will contribute to features, bug fixes, tests, and infrastructure code while collaborating with product and engineering teams.

What you will do

• Write elegant, performant, and well-tested code
• Contribute to features, bug fixes, tests, and infrastructure code
• Scope larger features down into smaller, actionable items of work
• Strive to reduce technical debt and communicate larger refactors
• Support the work of peers through pairing, reviewing, and mentoring
• Prepare clean and well-written pull requests
• Contribute to the Platform roadmap and prioritisation
• Work with in-country product teams to understand product requests
• Upskill internal teams' technical knowledge of the product

Required qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in a relevant field
• Deep knowledge of Python and the ability to write clear and Pythonic code
• Strong AI expertise and an AI-first mindset
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS)
• Engineering, mathematical, or scientific background
• Ability to work remotely

Nice to have

• Relevant experience in a similar role, preferably within a fast-growing startup

About the company

Boost is a global platform that powers FMCG manufacturers and last-mile distribution networks with technology and growth services. The company is scaling across markets through strategic partnerships with Unilever and Mastercard.